Mental Health Quiz #1 SET 3: Legal and Ethical Guidelines and
Therapeutic Relationship
Patients need to be checked on every ______ (duration) ** Answ** 15 minutes
What is beneficence? ** Answ** The duty to do good to others
What is autonomy? ** Answ** The duty to allow others to make their own decisions
What is justice? ** Answ** The duty to provide all patients EQUAL care
What is fidelity? ** Answ** The duty to do what you say you will promise
What is veracity? ** Answ** The duty to tell the truth
You are an RN in a nursing home, your patient falls and fractures their hip. The RN gets pain
meds as quickly as possible. This is an example of what bioethics principle? ** Answ**
Beneficience
The hospital organization finds out a way to distribute free eye exams to a certain handful of
schools. This is determined in an unbiased and fair method. This is an example of what bioethics
principle? ** Answ** Justice
Your patient requests that the RN not reveal their terminal diagnosis to their family. The nurse
recognizes this obligation to keep the information confidential. What bioethics principle is this
demonstrating? ** Answ** Fidelity
Your patient is requesting information about the procedure they are about to undergo. The RN
and the MD describe to them fully about the procedure, risks and benefits. What bioethics
principle is this? ** Answ** Veracity
Commitment to include patients in decisions about all aspects of care as a way of acknowledging
and protecting patients' independence. Is an example of what bioethical principle. ** Answ**
Autonomy
Taking positive actions to help others. This is a description of what bioethical principle. **
Answ** Beneficience
Principle of truthfulness, cannot lie to patients, have to give them positive and negatives. This is
a description of what bioethical principle. ** Answ** Veracity
T/F: Mental health laws vary from state to state ** Answ** True
Therapeutic Relationship
Patients need to be checked on every ______ (duration) ** Answ** 15 minutes
What is beneficence? ** Answ** The duty to do good to others
What is autonomy? ** Answ** The duty to allow others to make their own decisions
What is justice? ** Answ** The duty to provide all patients EQUAL care
What is fidelity? ** Answ** The duty to do what you say you will promise
What is veracity? ** Answ** The duty to tell the truth
You are an RN in a nursing home, your patient falls and fractures their hip. The RN gets pain
meds as quickly as possible. This is an example of what bioethics principle? ** Answ**
Beneficience
The hospital organization finds out a way to distribute free eye exams to a certain handful of
schools. This is determined in an unbiased and fair method. This is an example of what bioethics
principle? ** Answ** Justice
Your patient requests that the RN not reveal their terminal diagnosis to their family. The nurse
recognizes this obligation to keep the information confidential. What bioethics principle is this
demonstrating? ** Answ** Fidelity
Your patient is requesting information about the procedure they are about to undergo. The RN
and the MD describe to them fully about the procedure, risks and benefits. What bioethics
principle is this? ** Answ** Veracity
Commitment to include patients in decisions about all aspects of care as a way of acknowledging
and protecting patients' independence. Is an example of what bioethical principle. ** Answ**
Autonomy
Taking positive actions to help others. This is a description of what bioethical principle. **
Answ** Beneficience
Principle of truthfulness, cannot lie to patients, have to give them positive and negatives. This is
a description of what bioethical principle. ** Answ** Veracity
T/F: Mental health laws vary from state to state ** Answ** True
